AN INCIDENT OF THE CANADIAN REBELLION OF 1837.
Bon jour, M’sieu’–you want to know
‘Bout dat ole gun–w’at good she’s for?
W’y! Jean Bateese Bruneau–mon pere,
Fight wit’ dat gun on Pap’neau War!
Long tam since den you say–C’est vrai,
An’ me too young for ‘member well,
But how de patriot fight an’ die,
I offen hear de ole folk tell.
De English don’t ack square dat tam,
Don’t geev de habitants no show,
So ‘long come Wolfred Nelson
Wit’ Louis Joseph Papineau.
An’ swear de peep mus’ have deir right.
Wolfred he’s write Victoriaw,
But she’s no good, so den de war
Commence among de habitants.
Mon pere he leev to Grande Brul
(William Henry Drummond)
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